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Vines may be used inside your landscape to create a variety of effects. Vines are great for covering structural walls, boulders, stone walls, etc. In many areas the ivies are employed over other vines. The quickest growing ivy is Boston Ivy. Another good vine for walls is Japanese Bittersweet. It is surely an evergreen and grows well for the north side of buildings. It also does well in exposed locations.

Large and small-leaved types of Winter-creeper are hardy vines that can be used for wall planting. Other vines that cling without help to concrete, stone and brick include English ivy, Lowe ivy, Chinese trumpet-creeper and Virginia creeper (often known as woodbine or American ivy).

Virginia creeper has a tendency to grow in twines around trees and covers the floor in wooded areas. It makes a good building cover but does become heavy and might have to be thinned because it ages. It is also effective at providing shade. Other vines that produce good shade include Grape, Silver Vine and Dutchman’s Pipe.

There are a number of vines that add color and sweetness but are not self-supporting. These types of vines usually can be trellis-trained. The more showy models of these kind of vines include Wisteria, which has clusters of white to purple blossoms; climbing Hydrangea, with large white clusters, Trumpet-creeper, which has clusters of large scarlet and orange flowers in late summer and Clematis, which has a large flower appearing from early summer until fall.

Another popular vine may be the Trumpet Honeysuckle. The Trumpet Honeysuckle has clusters of red and yellow fragrant flowers. A couple of annual vines which might be best for shade include the Hyacinth Bean (which includes many blossoms and grows on strings) and the Scarlet Runner Bean (that has flowers which are quite vibrant).

There may also be perth landscaping that may be used as ground cover. Periwinkle, also referred to as Myrtle, is definitely an evergreen leaf and sports blue flowers through the summer time. Pachysandra is an additional evergreen that is a great vine for ground cover.

Some additional blossoming annuals which are pretty and fragrant and worth consideration are: Nasturtium, Cypress vine (with small orange, white and red flowers which can be star-shaped). Another vine which works well for covering fences is Balfoon Vine.